THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
A Catalogue of PORTRAITS AND POSSESSIONS OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE g>octetp of tfje Cincinnati Shown in an Exhibition Arranged on the Occasion of THE TRIENNIAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY
New York May 10 to June 9 *935 i H
1 J' LENDERS
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
ANONYMOUS
OSCAR T. BARCK
MRS. HARRY HORTON BENKARD
MAJOR JOHN D. CHAMPLIN
EDWARD PUNNETT CHRYSTIE
JAMES NICHOLSON CHRYSTIE
FRANCES NICHOLSON CURTIS
ANDERSON DANA
JOSEPH S. FRELINGHUYSLN
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
ALBERT LINCOLN HOFFMAN
HENRY WILSON HOWELL, JR.
MISS GERTRUDE RIKER HOYT
MAJOR EDGAR ERSKINE HUME
THE REVEREND FRANK LANDON HUMPHREYS
MISS ANGELICA LIVINGSTON
PHILIP LIVINGSTON
MRS. RICHARD R. LYTLE
MISS HELEN LOUISE MAYNARD
MISS MARY H. MAYNARD
RICHARD MORRIS
NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
GERARD PITT
RAFFORD PITT
MRS. JOHNSTON L. REDMOND
3 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
EDWARD E. SPAFFORD
DR. WILLIAM S. THOMAS
CAPTAIN THOMAS GERRY TOWNSEND
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM
COLONEL CREIGHTON WEBB
CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. WILLEY
YALE UNIVERSITY, GALLERY OF FINE ARTS
YALE UNIVERSITY, GALLERY OF FINE ARTS (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection) CATALOGUE PORTRAITS
Unless otherwise stated the portraits are paintings in oil. In the case of loans the attributions are those of the owners. The military titles have been taken from Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, Original, Hereditary, and Honor ary, with a Brief Account of the Society's History and Aims, by William Sturgis Thomas.
i. CAPTAIN JAMES CHRYSTIE. Artist unknown. Lent by James Nicholson Chrystie. 2. MAJOR NICHOLAS FISH (1758-1833). By Henry Inman (about 1801-1846). Lent by Richard Morris. 3. FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN. Honorary member. By Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). Lent by Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. 4. COLONEL PETER GANSEVOORT( 1749-1812). By Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Lent by Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.
5. MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES (1728-1806). Transfer print on enamel from engraving after Du Simitiere in Eminent Persons Engaged in the American War (London, 1779)- Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883.
6. MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES (1728-1806). By Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Lent by Edward E. Spafford.
7. MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GATES (1728-1806). Engraving by Cornelius Tiebout (active 1789-1830) after a painting by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924. 8. MAJOR AQUILA GILES(I758-I822). By Gilbert Stuart (1755- 1828). Lent by the Wadsworth Atheneum.
9. MAJOR GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786). Mini ature by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924. 10. ADMIRAL FRANgois JOSEPH PAUL DE GRASSE-ROUVILLE(I72 3- 1788). Miniature, artist unknown. Lent by Mrs. Johnston L. Redmond. 11. LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON (17 5 7-1804). Engraving attributed to George Graham (working 1795- 1813). Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924. 12. CAPTAIN JOSEPH HOWELL (1750-1798). By Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). Lent by Henry Wilson Howell, Jr. 13. CAPTAIN JAMES MILES HUGHES. By Julian Scott (1846-1901) after James Sharpies (about 1751-1811). Lent anonymously.
14. MAJOR GENERAL HENRY KNOX (1750-1806). Engraving by Edward Savage (1761-1817) after his own painting. Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924. 15. COLONEL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO (1746-1817). Engraving by Gabriel Fiesinger (1723-1807). Inscribed: I. Grassi, Pinx. G. Taubert, del. G. Fiesinger sculp. Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883.
16. MAJOR GENERAL MARIE JOSEPH LAFAYETTE (1757-1834). Engraving by Christophe Guerin (1758-1831) after a painting by Jean Weyler (1749-1791). Published in 1792. Gift of Miss Georgiana W. Sargent, 1924. 17. COLONEL MORGAN LEWIS (1754-1844). By Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877) after Henry Inman (about 1801-1846). Lent by Miss Angelica Livingston. 18. MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL (1732-1786). Miniature by John Ramage (active 1763-1802). Lent by Oscar T. Barck. 6 19- THOMAS MCKEAN (1734-1817), Governor and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Honorary member. By Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Lent anonymously.
20. LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER MURRAY (1754 or 1755-1821). Miniature by James Peale (1749-1831). Rogers Fund, 1925.
21. CAPTAIN WINTHROP SARGENT (1753-1820), Governor of the Mississippi Territory. By Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Painted in 1805. Lent by Anderson Dana.
22. LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM STEPHENS SMITH (1755- 1816). By Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Lent by Yale University.
23. LIEUTENANT GERARD STEDDIFORD (1752-1820). Artist un known. Lent by Gerard and Rafford Pitt.
24. MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK WILLIAM STEUBEN (1730- 1794). By Ralph Earl (1751-1801). Lent by William Randolph Hearst.
25. LIEUTENANT COLONEL EBENEZER STEVENS (1751-1823). Artist unknown. Lent by Edward E. SpafFord.
26. COLONEL JOHN TRUMBULL (1756-1843). Marble bust by Robert Ball Hughes (1806-1868). Lent by Yale University.
27. BRIGADIER GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796). En graving by Edward Savage (1761-1817) after his own painting. Published in 1796. Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924.
28. GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799). By Edward Savage (1761-1817). Painted in 1790. Lent by Harvard University.
29. GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799). Engraving by Edward Savage (1761-1817) after his own painting. Pub lished in 1792. Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924.
31. COLONEL SAMUEL BLACHLEY WEBB (1753-1807), aide and military secretary to Washington. One of the founders of the Society. Miniature by Charles Willson Peale (1741- 1827). Lent by Colonel Creighton Webb.
32. LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARINUS WILLETT (1740-1830). Probably contemporary copy after Ralph Earl (17 51 -18 01). Bequest of George Willett Van Nest, 1917. POSSESSIONS BANNER AND INSIGNIA
33. BANNER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Blue and white silk, XVIII century. Lent by Dr. William S. Thomas.
34. BADGE OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Gold and enamel. Worn by Major Samuel Nicholas (1744-1790). Rogers Fund, 1935.
35. BADGE OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Gold and enamel. Probably owned by Dr. David Townsend (died 1829). Lent by Captain Thomas Gerry Townsend.
36. BADGE OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Gold and enamel and bearing the original ribbon. The black crepe was affixed at the time of Washington's death. Lent by the American Numismatic Society.
37. COLLECTION OF GOLD AND ENAMEL BADGES OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Lent by Captain William L. Willey.
38. MEDAL OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Bronze. De signed in 1783 by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754- 1825). Lent by the New York State Society of the Cincinnati.
DOCUMENTS
39. MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF LIEUTENANT MICHAEL CON NOLLY, dated December 10, 1785. Signed: H. Knox and G. Washington. Lent by Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard.
40. EXPENSE ACCOUNT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID HUM PHREYS, attending meeting held by the Society of the Cin cinnati at Philadelphia, 1790, countersigned for payment by Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington. Lent by The Reverend Frank Landon Humphreys.
41. MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF ENSIGN JACOB HYER, dated May 24, 1784. Signed: H. Knox and G. Washington. Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924.
42. LETTER FROM MAJOR GENERAL MARIE JOSEPH LAFAYETTE (1757-1834) TO GENERAL WASHINGTON, dated December 25, 1783, describing the reception of the Society of the Cincinnati in France and mentioning the fact that Louis XVI had granted members permission to wear the eagle badge. Lent by the Society of the Cincinnati.
43. LETTER FROM GENERAL MARIE JOSEPH LAFAYETTE (1757- 1834) TO SAMUEL B. DENISON, dated July 12,1830,grant ing permission to copy the badge of the Society of the Cin cinnati worn by General Washington and then in Lafayette's possession. Lent by Major John D. Champlin.
44. ONE OF THIRTEEN ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR SKETCHES for the badges of the Society of the Cincinnati, made by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825) at West Point in June, 1783. Lent by Dr. William S. Thomas.
45. PENCIL DRAWING of the eagle of the Society of the Cin cinnati made by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754- 1825). Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection).
46. BILL rendered by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754- 1825) for the eagle design, etc. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection).
47. CREDENTIALS given to Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754- 1825) by General Washington under date of October 16, 1783, in order that the former might represent the Society in France and so procure the eagle badges. Lent by the Society of the Cincinnati.
48. RECEIPT for one month's pay contributed by Lieutenant John Liswell for the "establishment of a fund agreeable to the
10 institution of the Society of the Cincinnati," signed by Colonel Henry Jackson, Treasurer, Massachusetts Society, and dated September 18, 1783. Lent by Dr. William S. Thomas.
49. MUSTER ROLL of Captain William Lytlc's Company in the North Carolina Brigade, January I to April 1, 1782. Lent by Mrs. Richard R. Lytle.
50. MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF CAPTAIN DE MARCELLIN,dated March 20, 1784. Signed: H. Knox and G. Washington. This certificate bears the personal seal and family arms of Washington and is believed to be the oldest in existence. Lent by the Society of the Cincinnati.
51. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SAMUEL SHAW (1754-1794) TO DR. DAVID TOWNSEND (died 1829), dated December 20, 1790, regarding a tea set (no. 68 in the exhibition). Lent by Captain Thomas Gerry Townsend.
52. PAMPHLET. Cincinnati with the Bye-Laws and Rules of the New Jersey State Society. Trenton, 1808. Lent by Dr. William S. Thomas. 53. PAMPHLET. Considerations on the Society or Order of Cin cinnati, by Cassius (Philadelphia, 1783) and Observations on a Late Pamfhlet by an Obscure Individual (Philadel phia, 1783). Bound together. Lent by Major Edgar Erskine Hume.
54. PAMPHLET. The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati. Published by order and for the use of the members in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, 1801. Lent by Captain Thomas Gerry Townsend.
METALWORK
55. CAMPAIGN CUP. Silver. American, XVIII century. Owned by Captain John H. Buell. Lent by the Misses Mary H. and Helen Louise Maynard. 56. WATCH. Gold. Swiss, XVIII century. Owned by Captain John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Lent by Frances Nicholson Curtis, Edward Punnett Chrystie, and James Nicholson Chrystie.
11 56A. CLOCK. Bronze. French, Louis XVI style. Signed: Mathieu. Presented by Major General Marie Joseph Lafayette (1757- 1834) to Philip Livingston (1716-1778). Lent by Philip Livingston. 57. PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS. Brass. Believed to be the camp candle sticks of Major General Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810). Lent by Albert Lincoln Hoffman. 58. MEMORIAL RING. Gold and enamel. Inscribed: Alexr Mc- Dougall OB: 9: June 1786. AE 54. Lent by Oscar T. Barck. 59. SNUFFBOX. Tortoise shell and gold. English, XVIII century. Given by a British officer to John Berrien Riker, a New Jersey surgeon, in payment for services rendered on the battlefield of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. Lent by Miss Gertrude Riker Hoyt. 60. PUNCH BOWL. Silver. Maker: Paul Revere, Boston (1735- 1818). Presented to Brigadier General William Shepard (1737-1817) for quelling Shays's Rebellion of 1786-1787. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection). 61. FREEDOM BOX. Gold. Maker: Samuel Johnson, New York (working 1780). Presented to Major General Frederick William Steuben (1730-1794) by the City of New York in 1784. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection). 62. FLINTLOCK FIRE LIGHTER. Steel and brass with rosewood and silver handle. English, XVIII century. Presented to Dr. John Thomas (1758-1818) by Captain Michael Gabriel Houdin. Lent by Dr. William S. Thomas. 63. BOWL. Silver. Maker: William G. Forbes, New York (work ing 1773). Made for Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick (1753-1831). Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection).
12 PORCELAIN 64. CUP AND SAUCER. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII century. Decorated with the insigne of the Society of the Cincinnati and with the initials of Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806), secretary of the Society. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection). 65. BOWL AND EWER. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, Ch'ien Lung period (1736-1795). Owned by Major Samuel Nicholas (l 744-1790), supercargo for Stephen Girard (1750-1831) of Philadelphia. Rogers Fund, 1935. 66. BOWL. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII century. Deco rated with the insigne of the Society of the Cincinnati and the initials of Captain Samuel Shaw (1754-1794). From a dinner service brought from Canton in 1785 in the Empress of China. Gift of the grandchildren of Francis George Shaw, 1927. 67. PUNCH BOWL. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII cen tury. Decorated with a copy of General Ebenezer Stevens's (1751-1823) membership certificate in the Society of the Cincinnati and the monogram ELS. Base inscribed: Syng- chong. Lent by Edward E. Spafford. 68. TEA SET. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII century. Decorated with the insigne of the Society of the Cincinnati and the initials of Dr. David Townsend (died 1829). Lent by Captain Thomas Gerry Townsend.
69. PART OF A DINNER SET. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII century. Decorated with the insigne of the Society of the Cincinnati. Probably purchased by General Washing ton in 1785. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection). 70. PICKLE DISH. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII cen tury. Decorated with the insigne of the Society of the Cin cinnati. Probably one of a set purchased by General Wash ington in 1785.
13 Rogers Fund, 1928.
71. DINNER PLATE. So-called Chinese Lowestoft, late XVIII cen tury. Decorated with the insigne of the Society of the Cin cinnati. Probably one of a set purchased by General Wash ington in 1785. Rogers Fund, 1917.
72. VASE. Sevres, about 1900. Presented to the Society of the Cincinnati by the French Government in 1902. Lent by the Society of the Cincinnati.
SWORDS 74. SWORD. Presented to Colonel David Humphreys by Congress for conveying the British flags to Congress at Philadelphia after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Lent by The Reverend Frank Landon Humphreys.
76. SWORD OF MAJOR GENERAL FREDERICK WILLIAM STEUBEN (1730-1794). Maker: I. B (Joseph Bell?), London, 1763- 1764. Lent by Yale University, Gallery of Fine Arts (The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection).